🌱 How a Castroville family’s ICE ordeal fueled a major detention fight

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Castroville family’s ICE ordeal fueled a major detention fight

Also on today's calendar: Creative Nights: Picket Pumpkin and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, with a high of 84 and low of 72 degrees.
• Sunday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 84, low: 71.
• Monday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 88 and low of 64 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

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📰 News we're reading

• Mayor Jones willing to take legal action to halt East Side ICE facility developments (tspantx.com) — An ICE detention of a Castroville resident’s husband is cited as a personal example during a heated San Antonio debate over a proposed East Side immigration facility that could hold up to 1,500 people. City leaders, including Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, are considering legal action and demanding independent environmental reviews, while local families describe the emotional toll of recent enforcement actions.
   

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📸 Around Castroville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Castroville

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 9

• BBQ Cookoff →
  Castroville Regional Park, 816 Alsace Ave, Castroville
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday October 5

• MVHS Varsity Golf Boys
  Dominion , San Antonio, TX 78257, USA
  8:00 am

Tuesday October 6

• MVHS Varsity Tennis - Away
  McFarlin Tennis Center, 1503 San Pedro Ave, San Antonio
  10:00 am
• National Night Out
  Houston Square, Houston St, Castroville
  5:00 pm
• Bilingual/ESL Information Night
  MVISD Higher Learning Center, 153 CR 483, Lacoste
  6:00 pm

Wednesday October 7

• MVHS Varsity CC - Away
  Northeast Sports Complex
  6:00 pm

Thursday October 8

• Creative Nights: Picket Pumpkin →
  Schattenbol, 2374 US Highway 90 East, Castroville
  6:00 pm
• Nick Lawrence Band at Cora's 471 Grill →
  Cora's 471 Grill, 2204 FM471, Castroville
  7:00 pm

Friday October 9

• MVHS Varsity Volleyball - Away
  Laredo Martin
  6:30 pm
• CV Varsity Football - Home
  Medina Valley ISD Castroville, TX 78009
  7:00 pm
• MVHS Varsity Football - Home
  Medina Valley ISD Castroville, TX 78009
  7:30 pm

Saturday October 10

• Measured Sips Supper →
  Castroville Barbecue Company, 1303 Lorenzo Street, Castroville

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Have you seen me??
  Last seen with a pink collar… Missing off 471 near Fitwell in Castroville. (Nextdoor Castroville)
• There’s a black and white dog sitting in the middle of hwy 90 in the area of the new subdivision before 211.
  Can someone help him/her? I was in bound to work in San Antonio and couldn’t stop. (Nextdoor Highway 90 Ranch)

• O'Reilly Automotive posted a job opening for Parts Specialist in Castroville. Apply here.
• InstaSwim posted a job opening for Private Swim Instructor in Helotes. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Castroville here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Somerset

• Hondo approves budget, tax rate (hondoanvilherald.com)

Hondo

• The Safest Small Towns In Texas (worldatlas.com)
• Kaitlin Butts To Kick Off ‘Hello, Honky Tonk Live And In Person Tour' This Month (musicrow.com)
• Best Fall Hill Country Road Trips from San Antonio (sanantoniothingstodo.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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